Nicholas Ferraro (May 30, 1928 – December 21, 1984) was an American lawyer and politician from

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Life

He was born on May 30, 1928, in

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. He attended Public School No. 85, Junior High School No. 141, and

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. He graduated from

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, and in 1953 from

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. He practiced law in New York City, and entered politics as a

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. He married Virginia Kachadrian, and they had three children. They lived in

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. In 1957, he was appointed as an assistant district attorney of Queens County. He was a member of the

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from 1966 to 1973, sitting in the 176th, 177th, 178th, 179th and

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s. In November 1973, he was elected D.A. of Queens County. He was D.A. of Queens County from 1974 to 1976. Upon taking office, he appointed his cousin Geraldine Ferraro (1935–2011) as an Assistant D.A. In November 1976, he was elected to the

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. He was a Justice of the Supreme Court from 1977 to April 1984 when he resigned from the bench, and resumed his private practice. He died on December 21, 1984, in the City Hospital Center in Elmhurst, Queens, after a

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.''NICHOLAS FERRARO, A FORMER JUDGE AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY, DIES AT 56''
in the ''

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'' on December 23, 1984

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